Click title for story link. By Bill ThompsonStaff Writer
Published: Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 9:30 p.m.
Just before Christmas, vehicular traffic began rolling over westbound lanes of the new railroad overpass on Southwest 17th Street, about four months before the bridge is expected to be fully operational.
So, when will the trains - or rather the extra trains - start rolling under it?
The short answer is: It depends.
Although the Florida Department of Transportation says the $25 million overpass was always in its plans, Marion County transportation officials say requests for such a bridge went unheeded - and unfunded - until FDOT and CSX Transportation started discussing a commuter rail line from DeLand through Orlando and on to Poinciana, just southwest of Kissimmee.
